Significant People
President during the civil war
Abraham Lincoln
Decision made by President Lincoln ordering the complete freedom of slaves in the Confederate south
Emancipation Proclamation
Racist Southern group that radically opposed reconstruction policies
Ku Klux Klan
Lincoln was assassinated inside of what type of building?
A theater
He is the great compromiser
Henry Clay
President who succeeded Lincoln, known for lenient reconstruction policies
Andrew Johnson
This amendment was passed, granting citizenship to African Americans and former slaves
Fourteenth Amendment
Final act of southern states that set off the civil war
Their secession from the union
This amendment abolished slavery
Thirteenth amendment
Idea that Americans should bring eastern ideology to the west
Manifest Destiny
Former slave who became a prominent activist, speaker, and writer in the abolitionist movement.
Frederick Douglass
The battle in 1863 that is considered the turning point of the Civil War due to the Union's decisive victory
The Battle of Gettysburg
The nativist political group that was against expansion from 1840-1850.
Know-Nothing Party
Where did the confederacy surrender?
Appomattox
Federal agency established in the United States in 1865, aided formerly enslaved African Americans and other war refugees in transitioning to freedom
Freedmen's Bureau
Union general famous for his efforts during the civil war, and eventually became president
Ulysses S. Grant
Often seen as the beginning of the civil war, when confederate forces opened fire
Firing on Fort Sumter
Laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War aimed at restricting African Americans' freedom
Black Codes
Union general known for his "March to the Sea," which significantly impacted the South's military and civilian infrastructure
William Tecumseh Sherman
What was the first territory gained by America from Mexico
Texas
Candidate who took a controversial deal to end reconstruction and eventually became president.
Rutherford B. Hayes
The deal made by president Rutherford B Hayes and the south that practically ended reconstruction
Compromise of 1877
This 1862 act provided 160 acres of public land to settlers for a small fee after improving it for five years.
Homestead Act
Supreme Court case that decided in 1857 that African Americans could not be American citizens and slaves could not be freed by state laws.
Dred Scott V. Sandford
This influential piece of legislation marked the beginning of Reconstruction
Reconstruction acts of 1867